Escape from crossover interference increases with maternal age

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Campbell, Christopher L ^a   Furlotte, Nicholas A ^b   Eriksson, Nick ^b,c   Hinds, David ^b   Auton, Adam ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 23andMe Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Coursera ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; RECOMBINATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGE; CROSSING OVER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE;

EID: 84923342618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7260     Document Type: Article

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